By Application

Stop integrating AI alone.
Hire the expert who installs it for you.

30 days with Austin. Then ongoing. By application only.

Austin Marchese speaking to founders at a16z

Founder

Austin Marchese

Top AI Business Educator. Ex: JPMorgan, COO of a16z-backed $30M+ startup.

Austin speaking to founders at a16z

Trusted by professionals at

a16z
JPMorgan
Google
Amazon
Higgsfield
Coinbase
Mastercard
Sony
Warner Music
Hostinger
Tango
Adidas
MoMA
CoinLedger
Priceless CPA
BDGE
Leigh Scott Solutions
Accio Work
a16z
JPMorgan
Google
Amazon
Higgsfield
Coinbase
Mastercard
Sony
Warner Music
Hostinger
Tango
Adidas
MoMA
CoinLedger
Priceless CPA
BDGE
Leigh Scott Solutions
Accio Work

What Changes

What 30 days with Austin actually installs.

internal-os/

  • skills/
  • plugins/
  • workflows/
  • memory/
  • playbooks/
  • CLAUDE.md

An AI-native operating system

A non-technical founder used the OS to cut $500K/yr in costs.

Skills Library

/ship-featureEngineering
/draft-postContent
/review-prEngineering
/customer-replySupport

Custom Claude skills built for your work

An engineering firm cut report generation from hours to minutes. Scaled to seven figures year two, no new headcount.

This Week's Pipeline

Lead magnet

AI maturity audit

shipped

Newsletter

Issue 47 draft

in review

Report

Q2 industry brief

drafting

Vibe Marketing engine, content on tap

The same engine Austin has used to get hundreds of thousands of views on YouTube, grow past 100K on IG & TikTok, and land brand deals from top AI companies.

May Loom — Codebase Review

  • 3 product suggestions
  • 2 AI workflow improvements
  • 1 pre-launch review flagged

Monthly codebase review with Loom

Phase II keeps it sharp. Loom walkthrough every cycle.

Slack · #austin-direct

You

Should we use GPT-5 or Claude for the customer reply skill?

Austin

Claude — your team already has the muscle memory. I'll send the spec.

Direct line to Austin

People enrolled can ping Austin directly. Industry questions, model choices, hiring calls. Typically a response same day.

What this isn't

A few things up front.

Not a course.

You don’t watch videos. Austin builds with you.

Not a Slack group.

No mass-channel noise. Direct line only.

Not generic AI training.

Skills are built around how you actually work, not a template.

Not a junior consultant.

Austin runs every engagement personally. No pod, no handoff.

How It Works

From kickoff to operating system.

Four phases. Each clickable.

Selection Process

How we decide who gets in.

1

Apply

~2 minutes

Email + ninety-second questionnaire: role, monthly revenue, headcount, intended program participants, start timeline.

2

Personal Review

Within 48 hours

Every application read by Austin personally. Looking for fit: stage, intent, seriousness.

3

Vetting Call

20 minutes

Not a sales pitch. Align on goals and confirm fit on both sides.

4

Day 1 Onboarding

Engagement begins

Sign agreement, book Day 1, begin the intensive.

A note from Austin

The operator running this with you.

Most founders try to integrate AI alone.

They buy tools, watch tutorials, paste prompts. Six months later the team still works the old way and the founder is exhausted.

That gap is what this program closes.

I've been the COO of an a16z-backed startup that scaled past $30M. I built a $1M agency while at JPMorgan. I've seen which workflows actually stick and which are theatre.

And the reality with AI is that this is existential. You unfortunately (or fortunately) HAVE to learn how to do these things, and that's who this is for. People who are ready and eager for change.

In 30 days, I'll install an AI-native operating system. Then I stay on as your partner, keeping it sharp.

No pod. No junior consultant rebranded as an AI expert.

Austin

Austin Marchese

Austin Marchese

Founder, The Incubator

The 7-day guarantee

Either party can walk in the first seven days.

If after seven days either party thinks this isn't the right fit, full refund. No questions asked.

We need long-term partners, not people looking to get rich quick.

Ready to stop integrating AI alone?

Begin the process.

Email and a ninety-second questionnaire. Austin reads every application personally and replies within forty-eight hours.